Device for making cigarettes.



No. 650,833. Patented June 5,1900.

F. T. GRACEY.

DEVICE FOR MAKINGCIGARETTES.

(Application filed Sept. 22, 1899.) (No Model.)

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FRANK T. GRAlCEY, OF ADAIRVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANKG. WAKE, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR MAKING CIGARETTES.

srnierrrcnrron roimtng'paa or Letters Patent nonsense, dated Tune 5,1900. A lication filed September 22,1899; serial No. 731,300. (Nomodel.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK T. GRAoEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adair ville, in the county of Logan and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for MakingCigarettes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My present invention relates to improvements on the device for whichLetters Patent No. 593,822 were granted to me and J. H. Tabler November16, 1897; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

I 5 In the accompanying drawings,which fully illustrate my invention,Figure 1 is a view of a tobacco-bag with my cigarette-making deviceattached thereto, the tube or filler being turned down against the bagin position to be carried in the users pocket. Fig. 2 is a View partlyin elevation and partly in section, showing the device. in the positionassumed during the making of acigarette. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe tube or filler, a

2 5 modified construction of the tube being shown. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view of a modified form of the device; and Fig. 5 is a similarView showing another modification, in which the tube is attached perm anen L] y to the 0 bag or pouch.

My present improvements aim to overcome clogging of the tobacco in thetube, prevent loss of tobacco through the end of the bag around thetube, and permit turning of the 3 5 tube freely in forming thecigarette-wrapper.

The bag or pouch A may be of the usual size and construction. In thedrawings the bag is illustrated as having a draw-string in its upper endadapted to be tightened around 40 the tube or around the sleeve.

The tube or filler B may be formed in a single piece or section, or itmay be made in two sections swiveledtogether, as shown at C. It isdesirable to have the outer portion of the tube turn with the paper whenforming the cigarette-Wrapper, and this turning is permitted by theswiveled construction. The swivel, furthermore, forms a bead which actsas a guide or gage for the end of the wrapper; but it will be readilyunderstood that the continuous tube may be provided with a bead to serveas a guide or gage, al

though I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate such construction.Secured to the inner end of the tube is a cap D, preferably of rubber,which has its outer end or edge secured to a collar or sleeveE-,surrounding the tube. The collar or sleeve is provided with anannular groove F, and the mouth .of the bag or pouch may be secured inthis groove or it may be drawn tightly around the tube beyond thecollar. It will be seen at once that this cap forms a guard or closureto prevent crumbs of tobacco passing between the bag and the tube or thecollar and the tube, and it thereby prevents loss of tobacco and alsokeeps theouter side of thetube clean and free to turn. Clogging of thetobacco within the tube is prevented bya non-rotatable stirrer G, whichis preferably in the form of a saw having a slight twist. This stirrerextends longitudinally through the tube. and issupported by a yoke H,having its sides extending down to the collar or sleeve E and securedthereto in any convenientmanner. It has been found in practice that thetobacco is fed more readily through the tube when a twisting motion isimparted to the tube, and this twisting motion of the tube carries thetobacco against the stirrer and causes the stirrer to keep the particlesof tobacco separated, and thereby prevents clogging in the tube. Piecesof stems which have commingled with the tobacco will be fed endwisethrough the tube and into the wrapper, and consequentlywillnot puncturethewrapper. When the tube is not in use, it will be turned down againstthe bag and held bya pocket or other retaining device I at the lower endof the bag, the bag then forming a closure for the tube, as will bereadily understoodon reference to Fig. 1.

In Fig. 4. I have shown a modification of the devicein which the innerend of the tube is formed intoafunnel J, having a lateral flange K,which fits so as to rotate'freely-in an in ternal groove in a band orcollar L, having a neck M, to and around which the mouth or end of thebag is closely secured. The stirrer is secured to and carried by thisband or collar.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification in- IOO tended more especially fora cheap grade of goods. In this construction the inner end of the tubeis provided with a number of radial teeth N, permanently attached to themouth of the bag, and the stirrer is secured to these teeth or the endof the tube.

In making cigarettes by means of this device the wrapper is formedaround the tube and the end or edge of the wrapper is crimped and heldby the thumb of the operator. The tube and the bag are then turned intoa vertical position, so that the tobacco will run into the tube and besupported by the crimped closed end of the wrapper. The bag iscompressed by the left hand, so as to force the requisite quantity oftobacco into the tube. The bag is then turned to one side of the tube,so as to cut oif the flow, and the wrapper gradually drawn from thetube, the end of the tube being manipulated to pack the tobacco in thewrapper. After the cigarette thus formed is drawn from the tube thefinger is placed over the open end of the tube and the tube is slightlyshaken in order to return to the bag any crumbs of tobacco which mayhave been left in the tube.

This device is verylight and cheap and enables the smoker to make hisown cigarettes rapidly and without any loss of tobacco. The cap betweenthe end of the tube and the collar thereon prevents loss of tobaccothrough the mouth of the bag, and if the cap be made of rubber, it willaid in preventing clogging in the tube, inasmuch as the bag is alwaystwisted in the operation of making the cigarette and a tension therebyput on the cap which will react to turn the tube when the hold on thebag is released.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patnon-rotatable stirrer supported at the inner end of thetubeand extending longitudinally through the tube.

2. A device for making cigarettes adapted to be attached to the mouth ofa tobacco-bag, consisting essentially of a rotatable tube, a collarmounted loosely on the inner end of the said tube, and a cap or guardsecured to and surrounding the said collar and the end of the tube.

3. In adevicei'ormakingcigarettes,thecombination of a rotatable tube orliller, a collar mounted thereon and adapted to have a tobacco-bagsecured thereto, a yoke secured to the said collar, and a non-rotatablestirrer carried by the said yoke and extending longitudinally throughthe tube or filler.

4. A device for making cigarettes adapted to be attached to the mouth ofa tobacco-bag, consisting essentially of a rotatable tube or filler, acollar mounted loosely thereon, a cap or guard secured to the saidcollar and the end ol. the tube, a yoke secured to the collar, and anon-rotatablestirrer carried by the said yoke and extendinglongitudinally through the tube.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK T. GRAOEY.

Witnesses:

F. A. WILSON,- HENRY MARTIN.

